After some intensely cold nights in the Bolivian mountain range, we were happy to be warm again in the lower elevation of the Atacama Desert in San Pedro de Atacama. Our salt flat tour ended with a drop off in the Chilean border town and two of our tour friends from England bunked with us for the next few days.
We had only planned to stay long enough to catch an overnight bus to the Chilean/Peruvian border town of Arica, but after a 3 day tour jammed packed with lots of fun, we were a bit exhausted to do the tourist thing again in the tourist-filled city. If it hadn’t been for the energy of our youthful 20-something friends and sold out buses, we’d have missed out on some very stunning sights!
The Traveling Blues 